Fraser Hine Gallery

Each time you view a painting, it should stir
something within you, perhaps memories of the past you have experienced
in your lifetime. It should not merely be seen but rather fully
'experienced', and as you sense the impact and dimension of the work,
you are intrigued and drawn into it. You add memories of your own
personal experience, and fill in the details by your own interpretation.
Each time you view the painting, you experience the moment anew.

The painting represents the artist's interpretation of a time and place,
a snapshot of a fleeting moment, but always leaving a place open to the
viewer to discover and interpret for himself what he sees.

Fraser uses as his inspiration, familiar scenes of real life and nature
in his home area, Calgary Alberta, where he now resides. The mountains
to the west, as well as growing up in small towns in Saskatchewan have
provided the background for many of his paintings featuring familiar
scenes of back alleys, and various street scenes, which every kid
growing up on the prairies would quickly recognize and many in adult
life can now relate to.

His hope is that as others view his work, passion is aroused, a sense of
awareness and familiarity is stirred and ultimately a sharing of the
emotions that went into producing each painting. As the viewer
experiences this, the painter's job is fulfilled.